The Gospel by Alicia Keys

So we all got children, products of the ghetto
Momma cooked us soup, (1)__________ did the yelling
Uncle was a drunk, (2)____________ was a felon
When he got pitched, he told them he wasn't tellin'
Auntie was a cook, her (3)______________ was a crook
Cause every job he had they be payin' him off the books
Ghetto university, knowledge is all it took
In a (4)________________ I was listenin' to the hook
Change gon' come, the (5)____________ of Sam Cook
When the feds comin', everybody get shook
Now we doin' life like Eddie (6)____________ and Martin
On the chain gang, I was singing into the coffin

The roaches and the rats, heroin and the cracks
Couldn't blame me, I'm just giving the facts
Tryna hit the top, the (7)____________ ain't (8)__________ it's at
Everybody got a (9)________ but you can (10)__________ go back

Sing
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah (yeah)...

Tellin' you like it is, how we (11)________ gon' live?
If we ain't gettin' money, how we feedin' the kids?
It's a revolving door, where (12)________________ be doin' bids
I know it (13)__________ (14)__________ but the door (15)________ be what it is
Survival of the fittest, this (16)________ girl the illest
Broke parents and black cats (17)________ me heebie-geebies
Life seems hard but nothin' (18)________ comes easy
Whatever's in the dark, can (19)____________ become the light
If you ain't in a battle, how you gon' win the fight?
Gotta speak the truth when I'm up in the booth
The streets be flyin' birds but (20)________ don't be on the roof
Poverty is a (21)________ like you pullin' a tooth
Told the (22)______________ don't let me go like I'm Bishop in Juice

The (23)______________ and the rats, (24)____________ and the cracks
Couldn't blame me, I'm just giving the facts
Tryna hit the top, the bottom ain't where it's at
Everybody got a past but you can never go back

Sing
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah (yeah)

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